in reply to Re^2: Parsing out mulitiple blocks of interesting data in files / ignoring other contents
in thread Parsing out mulitiple blocks of interesting data in files / ignoring other contents

You’ve omitted this part of the code:

elsif (/^\s*shutdown/) { @block = (); $in_block = 0; }

which tests for the “ignore entire block” keyword shutdown — so of course blocks containing that word are still being printed.

Athanasius <°(((><contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

  • Comment on Re^3: Parsing out mulitiple blocks of interesting data in files / ignoring other contents
  • Select or Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^4: Parsing out mulitiple blocks of interesting data in files / ignoring other contents
by GeorgMN (Acolyte) on Mar 02, 2016 at 13:52 UTC
    Works beautifully! Thank you kindly and greetings. GT